• Japan: Government district in Osaka becomes first to support LGBT human rights

    • Released Date: 11-Sep-2013

    A local government ward in the city of Osaka has become the first Japanese district to officially support LGBT human rights.Yodogawa ward, one of 24 wards in Osaka, passed a resolution recently after a consultation with residents on LGBT issues, incl

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  • LGBT activists call for diagnosis reforms

    • Released Date: 11-Sep-2013

    Beijings lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community Wednesday at a symposium called for amendments that would stop classifying homosexuals and bisexuals who are conflicted about their sexuality as suffering from a mental disorder.

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  • Gay South Korean film director marries his partner in public

    • Released Date: 07-Sep-2013

    SEOUL (Reuters) - Gay South Korean film director Kim Jho Gwang-soo symbolically married his long-term partner on Saturday, with the couple exchanging vows on a bridge, though same-sex marriage remains illegal in the conservative Asian country.​

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  • Dr. King’s Dream Includes LGBT People

    • Released Date: 28-Aug-2013

    On Saturday, my husband Michael and I attended the 50th Anniversary March on Washington.We marched to show support for and solidarity with the fight for jobs and economic freedom, which is ongoing. We marched because racial injustice continues to be

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  • Acceptance of lesbian love: Too much to expect?

    • Released Date: 27-Aug-2013

    It is safe to say that while the government acknowledges the fact that LGBT rights need to be protected, nothing worthwhile is/will be done about it because of the country’s ‘conservative’ attitude on such matters.​

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  • Hong Kong Lesbian and Gay Film Festival

    • Released Date: 27-Aug-2013

    A celebration of gay cinema is in order! And that’s just what the Hong Kong Lesbian and Gay Film Festival aims to do this year – elebrate in style. Throughout September, an eclectic range of pink movies are being shown at venues across the city – and

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  • Thailand mulls lifting ban on gay marriage

    • Released Date: 02-Aug-2013

    Gay rights and the legalization of same-sex marriage has been a major story around the world this summer, particularly with the fall of the United States’ Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which for years prevented same-sex couples from receiving feder

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  • LGBT Rights Blossom in Repressive Vietnam, but No Sign of Further Freedoms

    • Released Date: 31-Jul-2013

    Oppressive. Brutal. Terrible and worsening. These were some of the fierce editorial lightning bolts to scorch Vietnam’s human-rights reputation last week, hurled in the wake of a surprise 75-minute White House audience for the country’s President Tru

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  • Legalising gay marriages in Asia won’t solve Malaysia’s LGBT issues

    • Released Date: 29-Jul-2013

    PETALING JAYA: Thailand and Vietnam may become the first Southeast Asian countries to legalise same-sex marriages, but Malaysia is far from adopting the same accepting attitude.

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  • U.S. Embassy Hosts LGBT Roundtable

    • Released Date: 28-Jun-2013

    the United States Embassy convened a roundtable discussion on issues facing the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community in Cambodia. The participating organizations included the Khmer HIV/AIDS NGO Alliance (KHANA), Network for MSM an

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  • Supreme Court strikes down DOMA; rules it interferes with states, ‘dignity’ of same-sex marriages

    • Released Date: 27-Jun-2013

    The Supreme Court released two major decisions expanding gay rights across the country on Wednesday as hordes of cheering demonstrators greeted the news outside. The justices struck down a federal law barring the recognition of same-sex marriage in a

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  • Laws can’t stop lovers marrying

    • Released Date: 20-May-2013

    Cambodian law prohibits same-sex marriage, but that did not stop Ros Ravuth from marrying her long-time partner, Sinuon. Ravuth, 52, has lived with Sinuon*, 38, in Kandal province’s Khsach Kandal district for 20 years, ever since the couple obtained

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